> Hi this may not work with debian, > but I have/had a similar issue with loading Ubunutu onto a machine with > a partly broken CD (would boot but would have difficulty reading some > parts on the CD). > > With my machine the BIOS was not able to boot from USB. > > You can eject the CD just after the kernel and casper has started > loading and when it gets to the second splash screen/loading root > filesystem it the searches all the places it can.... including USB. > > It then proceeds to load the rest of the system. > > I suspect that you could use a floppy for the first part of the boot, > just to get it aware enough to understand USB, but have not proved this. > > Hope this is helpful, > Simon. > >
Maybe a micro iso ( Types: iso, net. ) plus "usbboot" without root file system asking where to load from or trying successively /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1 ... _______________________________________________ Debian-live-devel mailing list Debian-live-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/debian-live-devel
